How do interventions designed to improve provider-patient communication work? Illustrative applications of a framework for communication

Authors

  • Michael D. Brundage Queen's Cancer Research Institute, Division of Cancer Care and Epidemiology, Queen's University, Kingston, Canada; Department of Oncology, Queen's University, Kingston, Canada; Department of Community Health and Epidemiology, Queen's University, Kingston, Canada
  • Deb Feldman-Stewart Queen's Cancer Research Institute, Division of Cancer Care and Epidemiology, Queen's University, Kingston, Canada; Department of Oncology, Queen's University, Kingston, Canada
  • Carol Tishelman Department of Learning, Informatics, Management and Ethics, Medical Management Center, at Karolinska Institutet; Stockholm Sjukhem Foundation, R & D Unit, Sweden

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3109/02841860903483684

Abstract

In this broad overview for the Conference: “State of the Science in Cancer Care”, we review a conceptual framework of physician-patient communication and use the framework to inform the application of theory regarding communication and patient preferences in clinical practice. Using a selection of research, we illustrate how problematic issues in communication can be represented by the framework. We further illustrate how interventions designed to improve communication or to elicit patients’ preferences in a medical encounter may have their desired effect, or may be optimally evaluated.

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Published

2010-01-01

How to Cite

Brundage, M. D., Feldman-Stewart, D., & Tishelman, C. (2010). How do interventions designed to improve provider-patient communication work? Illustrative applications of a framework for communication. Acta Oncologica, 49(2), 136–143. https://doi.org/10.3109/02841860903483684

Issue

Vol. 49 No. 2 (2010): Acta Oncologica

Section

Articles